El Diario reports: Due to a delinquency wave Businessmen call for greater security in Santa Cruz • Police are not logistically prepared to deal with critical situations such as the violent heist in Eurochronos jewelry. Legislators demand urgent restructuring and equipping. After the bloody assault on Eurochronos jewelry due to the confrontation of Brazilian criminals…
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Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says
Fox News reports: Che Guevara was sent ‘to die in Bolivia’ by Cuban leadership, retired general says LA PAZ – Retired Bolivian Gen. Gary Prado Salmon, who in October 1967 captured Ernesto “Che” Guevara, said that the leadership of the Cuban communist party sent the iconic Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader “to die in Bolivia” because they…
Bolivia’s Desperate Miners Are Doing Desperate Things—Like Murder
From Bloomberg Business Week: Bolivia’s Desperate Miners Are Doing Desperate Things—Like Murder Everyone knows who killed Rodolfo Illanes. So why is his death such a mystery? by Monte Reel Clashes at a roadblock on Aug. 25, the day Illanes was killed. Photographer: Juan Karita/AP Photo Rodolfo Illanes, the vice minister in charge of domestic affairs…
We are very sorry! … Polish missionary murdered in Bolivia
Vatican Radio reports: Polish missionary murdered in Bolivia (Vatican Radio) A Polish missionary has been murdered during an attack on a childcare center in Cochabamba, central Bolivia. The young lay missionary, Helena Kmieć, was reportedly stabbed on Tuesday, and died of her wounds. The Salvator Missionary Volunteering group, with whom Helena worked, had organized her…
Activists: Bolivia needs to do more to stop killings, violence against women
Humanosphere reports: Activists: Bolivia needs to do more to stop killings, violence against women BY LISA NIKOLAU The number of women killed in Bolivia is on the rise, but activists say there are plenty of actions the government can and should be taking to combat it. Ninety-four women were killed last year, according to the…
Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests
Ryan Dube reports for The Wall Street Journal: Bolivia Aims to Boost Mining Oversight After Deadly Protests Cabinet of President Evo Morales approves measures that would increase regulation, ban use of dynamite in demonstrations. Bolivia’s government on Thursday moved to increase control over mining cooperatives in the wake of violent protests that resulted in the…
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